๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌย ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ – Area Contest report by Christina Yap

Thanks to Christina Yap for allowing us to re-post her report from her double awards at the E4 Area Contest.

I am deeply honoured and thrilled to have received two No. 1 awards at Toastmasters. In this post, I share the recipe for success.ย 

For those of you out there who are up for your next challenge, may it inspire you to embrace challenges with aย #growthmindset. Everyone else has a role to play too! Read on..

๐Ÿš€ย ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿš€
“๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.”

Nine months into my Toastmasters journey, I was selected to represent my local Toastmasters club at the annual area speech contest. Last Friday, as I stood next to seasoned competitors, I could have succumbed to nerves.

However, I chose to embrace the opportunity. My passion for continuous learning, #personaldevelopment and the thrill of embracing new challenges kept me focused on the mission. As we navigate the AI revolution, I believe that cultivating a growth mindset and readiness to approach challenges with collectedness becomes more essential than ever before. This contest was a great opportunity for me to walk the talk.. ๐Ÿ˜‰

All I had to do was be myself, try my best, apply all my transferable skills, knowledge, experience. And see what happens with a healthy dose of spontaneous #creativityโ€ฆ

The result?
๐ŸŒž ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’…: I received “๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†” awards in the
 ๐Ÿฅ‡ โ€˜๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™ and
  ๐Ÿฅ‡ โ€˜๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ดโ€™ 
categories. I am truly humbled by the next opportunity to compete at the Divisional levelโ€ฆ

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’”: The spellbinding techniques and motivational speeches delivered by my esteemed competitors truly inspired me. I learned much from observing everyone in action and by what they shared. 

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†: Everyone played a role in supporting the event in a hybrid context. A heartfelt thank you to our host, UBS, for providing the venue and every individual who collaborated to make it a success.

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†: A big thank you to all the judges, my distinguished Zuriberg Toastmasters Club, committee and members for their much valued feedback, support and vote of confidence. Immense gratitude to my mentor, Roland Straub, for believing in me, Dr. Vanessa Stournari for her support, Alice Nuslova, PMPยฎ for her guidance and to Ben Nordemann for introducing me to this fun path!

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ? 
There’s a first time for everything! We just need passion, readiness to embrace new challenges and a supportive network!

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ: where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow and hone their #leadership skills.
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Debating workshop at the District 59 Conference in Bonn

We congratulate our club member Nicholas Allan for having his workshop on debating included in the program for the District 59 Fall Conferenceย in Bonn. As we know from trying the format in our club meetings, it is not only educational, but also a lot of fun for the participants and the audience.

Nicholas Allan will lead the debating workshop at the District 59 Fall Conference in Bonn

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No Meeting August 21st, CONTESTS October 2nd!

The club will meet on August 7th, and then take a break to enjoy the last weeks of summer. We will meet again on September 4th, according to our regular schedule.

Don’t forget that the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests are just around the corner on October 2nd. If you didn’t make it to the Olympics, this is your chance to cheer and rave!